linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH net-next v1 1/1] net: phy: add remote fault support

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Date:   Wed, 15 Jun 2022 05:37:46 +0200
From:   Andrew Lunn <andrew@...n.ch>
To:     Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>
Cc:     Oleksij Rempel <o.rempel@...gutronix.de>,
        Heiner Kallweit <hkallweit1@...il.com>,
        "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
        Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>,
        Paolo Abeni <pabeni@...hat.com>,
        Jonathan Corbet <corbet@....net>,
        Michal Kubecek <mkubecek@...e.cz>, kernel@...gutronix.de,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next v1 1/1] net: phy: add remote fault support

On Tue, Jun 14, 2022 at 06:52:21PM -0700, Jakub Kicinski wrote:
> On Mon, 13 Jun 2022 16:56:37 +0200 Andrew Lunn wrote:
> > That would suggest we
> > want a ETHTOOL_LINK_MODE_REMOTE_FAULT_BIT, which we can set in
> > supported and maybe see in lpa?
> 
> Does this dovetail well with ETHTOOL_A_LINKSTATE_EXT_STATE /
> ETHTOOL_A_LINKSTATE_EXT_SUBSTATE ?
> 
> That's where people who read extended link state out of FW put it
> (and therefore it's read only now).

I did wonder about that. But this is to do with autoneg which is part
of ksetting. Firmware hindered MAC drivers also support ksetting
set/get.  This patchset is also opening the door to more information
which is passed via autoneg. It can also contain the ID the link peer
PHY, etc. This is all part of 802.3, where as
ETHTOOL_A_LINKSTATE_EXT_STATE tends to be whatever the firmware
offers, not something covered by a standard.

	Andrew